Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-06-16

Special Corresponds see Of ljazstos and Journal
NEWARK, June 4. - Miss sylvia Hustler,
aged rs years, dssd here yesterday morn
ing at the residence " her brother oppo-
site the Deer Park Hotel. She has been
an invalid for years, bring very much af-
fiicted with rheulnatihIn, but week prior
TO her death this tliseass entirely left her
limbs, locating nef,r her heart.
Architect e. Il. Rice, DR., of Whining
ton, has prepared plans for very attrac-
tive Queen Anne residence 10 be built by
Andrew Fisher at the east end, upon q
site purchased from George W. Williams,
adjoining his honsL
Ike DelasoGrs Good 1'emplar, Issued
monthly from tho office of tho Ntwark
Ledger by it's editor, Frederick e. McKinl
sey, has recently doubled its size and now
appears as an eight-page paper and con-
stituting the official organ of the order of
Good Templars In Delaware.
The farmers state that their whant Is
not damaged 10 the extent that Is reported
from Kent and Sussex counties.
NEWARK, June 13.-The annual baoca-
laureate sermon last evening before the
students aud graduating class OF Della
ware College, was not delivered by the
Rev. DR.. II. b. Cook of Wilmington.
Fully 1000 people from within radius
of ten miles had assembled in the oratory
at 8 O'Clock, when President Caldwell
stepped before tho footlights and intro
duoed the Rev. AIr. Knowles. who made
the opening prayer. A hymn was sung
by large choir, consisting of members
OF the different church choirs of the town.
At this juncture President Caldwell an
nounoed the absence Of the Rev. DR..
Cook, and proceeded TO deliver substi-
tute sermon which he explained was pre-
pared IL years previous and called into
service In this emergency. The text was
| from Samuel, III chapter, lib verses.
He began with recountal Of the iniq-
uitous doings of the sons of Eli, with
| their lawlessnoss, lewdness, tyranny and
profanity. The downfall of the house Of
| Eli was duato their degeneracy and pro
| fiiQacy and 1t was for this that Samuel
i had hurled the terrible anathema and
1 maIedictions upon the sacred house Of
| Eli. They soon became icentious and
| absolutely iucorrigible and their reforma
l ton utterly hopeless. And the blame
| came riRhtfully upon their father Eli
\ And the question was asked whert
were the early religious inculca
tions of their YOUTH They had MOI
been reared in The fear and faith of God
they had been abandoned to the eyi
4 tendencies of their nature and thus wa
brought upon them the eternal wrath ant
punishment of heaven ''Beoause his som
made themselves vile and he restrained
them pot.n Eli, too, received the fata
| visitation Of God. He was blamed TO
trusting too confidently and PERSISTENT!
the inherent principles of morality as
constraiuinQ force to their temptations
Was IL NOT then crime 10 implicit,
trust them to their own resources Bette
by far to leave them in burning hous
or among pack OF howling, hungr.
wolves than to maintain phlegmatic in
difference toward the spiritual weitsre
our children, who without spiritual nour
ishment ct home drift into the allure
ments and destinations OF theworld. The
will never find heaven by accident, an.
certainly never by intuition In thei
present state, since their earliest princi
Piles are then lasting impressions.
An intimate knowledge of and partioi
patton in the temperance OF the last i
years led the speaker to the conclusio
that intemperanoe was on an alarming N
crease. The expedienoy OF early carefu
and vigorous training, with constan
scrutiny of the movements and assooif
tions Of Young men was urged as th
only safeguard against intemperance an
immortality. With strong and final Ok
peal TO the young students OF Deiawar
| College he said that the Bible should
the principal text-b book Of. every studer
in the institution.
The Rev. O. w. Prettyman offered
prayer and the combined choirs unde
the leadership of Prof. ii. 3. Colby, san
the final hymn. The benediction wa
said by the Rev. George j. Porter.
The next event on the commencement
programme is the meeting of the board
trustees on Tuesday morning nt ]
O'Clock. In the evening the 52d ann
yersary of the Athen@an Literary Societ
will be held. The Hon. A. P. Robinso
Of Georgetown will address the societ
upon Man and His Environments.
| Wednesday morning will be devoted
, | the graduating exercises. The Delta ri
: society will be addressed by the Rev.
, P. Willis of Milford, on Wednesday ever
: ing, and not to-day as was reported in th
catalogue.
, TIn a newspaper interview last evenin
? Dr, Cook said ION mature reflection
: decided that 1t would be better for me, If
) a number of reasons, not to preach
] | Newark tonight, as did not wish
, | complicate matters irl any way. WI
/ visited by DIR. Benton and another men
Der of the faculty last week, who urge
me to come and not to be deferred by an
irresponsible newspaper statement. The
assured me of large audience and
warm reception. I was much pleased
their courtesy in the matter, but, aft
: thinking the matter over, 1 sent a con
! munication to DR.. Caldwell on Saturdf
declining to go to Newark."l
: NEWARK, June 14.-Curtis q Brothe
Q paper manufacturers, have had tel
: phone put in their office.
0 The Methodist festival held In Oaskt
Q Hall on Friday and Saturday was Hu
8 cess and melted good sum for the A
. Society.
I Joel Thompson, whose recent troub
7 with his eyes necessitated q trip to Phil
n delphia for medical treatment, has nc
0 as yet, materially improved. The docto
d hope to save the sight Of one eye, viii
the sight Of the other is hopelessly lot
y Strawberries are almost gone her
y after a very abundant and proftab
/ season for the local truckers.
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